Where were the Space Needle owners?
Editor, The Times:
It is interesting, reading about all the donations for the fireworks coming from companies large and small, as well as individual citizens who love the show over Lake Union. [“Donors, big and small, fired up to save Fourth,” page one, April 2.]
However, I find it strange that out of all the donations offered, not one dime has come from the place of business that actually makes a lot of money from that show each year: the Space Needle.
The owners charge $100 and more to “enjoy” the fireworks from the top of the Needle, but cannot put any dollars toward the show that brings them revenue, that the whole city enjoys and that people around the world watch on TV.
Then they propose a museum at the Seattle Center.
Over the last couple of years, the Space Needle’s owners have shown where their interests lie, and it is not with the people or the city of Seattle. They have become interested in the bottom line and not with the people who love the Space Needle as their city’s icon.
What a shame.
— Jan Erickson, Issaquah
Saving fireworks the least of Seattle’s troubles
I like fireworks as much as the next person, but I cannot see using money to save the fireworks when there are thousands of people who are homeless, children who are starving and many families that are just one unemployment check away from losing a homes in Washington State. I just don’t get it.
I have an idea; how about companies pledging to feed the hungry?
— Dennis Sigler, Everett